Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Johnnie Carson (1943- )
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Casablanca, Morocco (circa 13th Century CE)
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Samuel Allen McElwee (1857– 1914)
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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007)

Explore Global African History

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Sharpeville Massacre
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Hausa City States (Nigeria)
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Barbados Bridgetown (1828- )
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(1963) Es’kia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele, “On Negritude in Literature”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States
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Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey
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Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution
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Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators